Important Question, was lucky break

[Alan R. Barnard]

 I just sent this ...

> If anyone else is curious, as I was, Here is where Marcel tunes pianos
(and > spinets, which may or may not--technically--be considered pianos ;- )

 AT THIS POINT I HAD PASTED A MAP--SOMEHOW IT GOT ZAPPED.

Anyway Sherbrooke, QC is about 90 miles south of Montreal, Quebec. (Don't
you wish you could write in French as well as Marcel writes in English? I
sure do.)

Alan Barnard
Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcel Carey" <mcpiano@globetrotter.net>
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:33 PM
> Subject: lucky break
>
>
> > Sometimes luck smiles at you. I was called to tune this little nasty
> spinet,
> > the thing was 20 or more cents sharp. The owner isn't there. So, I
decided
> > to float the pitch and not fight over this little critter. I was using
> > Tunelab pocket (the new spinet divided tuning curve works great). As I
got
> > to the treble, the owner calls. So, I ask him if he really wants the
piano
> > at 440. He says yes and I start telling him about the necessity of pitch
> > correction and Dampp Chaser. So he agrees to go for the pitch correction
> but
> > (here comes the luck) he mentions that he is a clarinetist and his
> clarinet
> > is at 442. Good thing I didn't use the pitch raise function. Of course I
> had
> > to do a second pass, but just to raise low tenor and gently fudge the
> > treble. Sometimes things go your way.
> >
> > Marcel Carey, RPT
> > Sherbrooke, QC
> >
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